Obama’s Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist’s Lawyer
-By Warner Todd Huston
On March 9, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on one of Barack Obama’s latest nominees. This time it was to assess the suitability of Tony West, Obama’s nominee for the assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division. Things went “smoothly” according to the San Jose Mercury News, also publishing a nice bio of West. The Washington Post merely mentioned the hearing was “notable.” Similarly the East Bay Express simply makes mention of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination.
Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was “American Taliban” terrorist John Walker Lindh’s defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama’s presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.
In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh’s lawyer (H/T HotAir.com). It took Lileks because none of the media bothered to make the connection.
As Lileks says, West was a pretty good lawyer. Did well for his client. Made the case as a good defense lawyer should that his client is innocent and, in this case, not a terrorist. Maybe West is a perfectly competent lawyer?
But here is the main point. This appointment of a terrorist’s defense lawyer to the Department of Justice announces that Barack Obama is in favor of a more lenient stance on terrorists. As Lileks says, it is evidence of a going back to 9/10 thinking. Also, since the Old Media have not made a single peep about this, it announces to the world that neither the crimes of 9/11 nor terrorism are any longer of interest to those that make the news. Says Lileks, “It just seems like one of those things that might have stuck out, once upon a time.”
So, in a era when most of us still acutely feel that Islamic terrorism is an important worry that should still feature prominently in our planning, Barack Obama is appointing a terrorist’s lawyer to one of the very agencies that is supposed to protect us all.
And the Old Media does not find this fact the least bit interesting.
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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on March 14, 2009 5:49 am
» Filed Under 9-11, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Journalistic Malpractice, Liberal Media/Bias, Liberal World, Middle East, National Security, News, Politics As Usual, War On Terror, liberalism, terrorism
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The rooster in the chicken coop.
Who would have thunk up such a travesty?
Farmerobama.
Holder with his racial hangups, now his assistant is the guy who got the Lindh off the hook, basically… and then raised a ton of money for Obama? Any possibliity we have a little look into where that came from before we confirm this guy?
I thought Obama was “post racial”- what’s up with his preacher he claims he was unaware was a racist (although employed by Obama’s campaign at the time), his “typical white person” comments, the tapes coming out of his racist diatribes and reparations plans from 10 yrs back, his wife’s paper on how awful it was being black at an Ivy League school?
If there was any doubt, the recent anti-British shenanigans should tell you whether Obama, in his heart, considers himself more Kenyan-African, or more American. A REAL American wouldn’t have sent-back the bust of Churchill that was in the White House for 50 yrs and insult a British PM like that.
This racial stuff comes up an awful lot with Obama… sure don’t know what his problem is. You don’t see the entire media and half the public rushing to support any inexperience, liberal, white candidates for President, do you?
Listen,What most of you don’t understand is:
Terrorism itself in America is an INSIDE job.
They create the problem and set certain groups of people up.(Hitler did that)Then they point fingers at certain groups and label them as terrorists. The tactic is divide and conquer. See,they are doing this a lot lately?
Demonizing the opposition to push things through. Always sure to include that it’s a racial thing if you disagree. Folks,this isn’t about Democrat -VS- Republican. They are puppets.They trick you into believing a false Paradigm.You must see this film to fully understand what I’m saying here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw